Saturday, December 2, 2017

ENTER THE DRAGON - Bruce Lee (1973)

Tonight's Saturday Night Special is Bruce Lee's last movie...made in 1973.....

"ENTER THE DRAGON!"

I'm sure that "Enter The Dragon" has been covered over the years by people far more literate than me, but.........I've thought about it long and hard, who cares? This is just my take!

Very artyKIAI!!!

The only thing I can tell you about Bruce Lee that is an original thought is that the one person I know that ever had any contact with him, and was a very intense person himself, said that "when he first saw Bruce Lee in person, he was scared to even make eye contact with him!"

I don't know if John (Blood Beast From Outer Space, Queen Of Blood) Saxon ever had any real martial arts training, but he is fairly credible in this role! John is still going strong today, just turned 82 a couple of months ago, and has one movie in pre-production, and one in post-production!

Born in Paris, Kentucky, Jim (Black Samurai) Kelly was the real International Middle Weight Karate Champion in 1971, so like Bruce Lee, he brought some legitimate skill to the dance! Paris, Kentucky can't help but remind me of the Bo Diddley song, about Hong Kong, Mississippi! "You don't sound like where you come from!" Don't believe me, then check it out for yourself!

While I was investigating that subject, I stumbled upon a video of a guy explaining how the Bo Diddley beat worked, and a modern example was a song by KT Tunstall called "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" that I was totally unfamiliar with, but I thought was pretty hot!

Bolo Yeung might be only five foot seven inches tall, but he was in good enough shape to be Mr Hong Kong Bodybuilding Champion for 10 years in a row! Looking tougher than Hell, Bolo was actually a student and good friend of Bruce Lee! Also known as "The Beast From The East," Bolo is still kickin' today!

As tough as he was, Bruce Lee seemed to like making funny faces!

I like this shot! I think it's the juxtaposition of the olde and the new!

Lookin' a lot like some kind of board game, the evil emperor has his own island, and his own army of martial arts experts!

And here he is! "Welcome to my island!"

Kien Shih was only in 247 features over the course of fifty freakin' years!!

You really need to see the movie to appreciate the weirdness of this party scene! Tons of bird cages suspended from the ceiling, roaming acrobats, and center stage two guys grappling!

There's a hip soundtrack with music composed by Lalo Schifrin!Here's 29 seconds to whet your appetite!

This is one of the funniest screencaps ever! It really looks like Jerry Kelly is giving a cartoon fisted hand salute!

On the other hand, homeboy wannabe ruler of the world has an arm with a socket in it that accepts various diabolical hand variations!

There gets to a point where even Bruce admits that the thrill is gone!

It must pay to be an asshole in the movies, because Kien Shih lived to be 96 years old!

The taste of his own blood makes Bruce tougher than tough, and rougher than rough!

Two of my favourite consecutive shots ever!
This is exactly what needs to happen to a whole bunch of people from all walks of life in modern society!!

We were about a third of the way through a full-length film we were making called "Voodoo Club" when it all went up in smoke! It was really pretty amazing, because out of nowhere, the whole project just collapsed in one day, and the final straw was.........

......The day almost none of the cast showed up, and the free location was in a roomful of mirrors in a gym! If you've only got one camera and no money, a roomful of mirrors is a real nightmare!

DWRAYGER DUNGEON PRESENTS: The Monster Movie Music Manifesto

Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Spy, Super-Hero, JD, Thriller and Noir films, that's what we like, and a recurring theme in a lot of those kinds of movies has always been music! There were rockin' clubs and cafes with cool jukeboxes, teen poolside parties with local bands, sometimes it was a seedy bar with a sleazy torch singer, a beatnik coffeehouse, maybe dancing somewhere in outer space, or some weird tribal ceremony on a cool secluded island with giant monsters running around, and you could count on it that a lot of the time there was smoking and drinking going on. It was a fun time!! A lot of movies also had quirky, swingin', jazzy or rockin' themes or credits, or maybe just some wild Psychotronic elements! We started with the music from 50's & 60's Monster Movies, but we later morphed into the new, bigger and better, Rock and Soul, 70's brevity, 80's maybes, 1940's Gorilla and Bela site from Hell! So, sit down, and take a load off, pour yourself a cool one, and order up something hot and greasy, because we have a lot of tasty tidbits on the menu, way outside the realm of good taste! If any of the postings just happen to step on anybody's toes, let us know & we will remove them immediately, if not sooner!! We recognize all formal copyrights, and do this solely to support and promote the films featured! This forum is only being presented in a critical and scholarly critique, and should not be construed as anything else. It's just all for Fun & Historical Education in an effort to keep bad taste alive forever!!! If the words and pictures pique your interest, then please go out & buy, or rent the movies, wherever you can find them! All soundclips are approximately two minutes long, or just enough to give you a feel for the movie! When we post a sound clip, it will only stay up 30 days or less! These days, after getting hassled time and time again, we don't even do soundclips much anymore!!

Here are some good places to start your search for hard to find cult films on the internet:

TRASH PALACE!

CULT ACTION!!

When it comes to movies, the name of this site speaks for itself!

1980's CASSETTE CULTURE

Hear What You Missed The First Go Round!

BSC MUSIC

If you would like to hear more amazing music from composers like Peter Thomas and Martin Böttcher, then do yourself a favor and check out BSC Music! There Are Still Places In The World To Buy Cool Music!